in a room above The Quadrant pub in Brighton on the south coast of the UK.
A few months later the second edition took place in July at Brighton’s Community Base.
The first brightonSEO was on 19 February 2010
In 2011 we moved to the spring & autumn schedule we all know and love.
We were at the Sallis Benney theatre in April then the Corn Exchange for September.
In 2012 we shifted next door into the Brighton Dome Concert Hall, using only the stalls in April then expanding onto the balcony for September.
In 2013 we went multi-track
using various spaces in the Brighton Dome before outgrowing it and moving to our current venue, the Brighton Centre, in September 2016.
2020 moved us online for the first time
(turns out this internet thing is quite clever really) and we even managed to sneak in a bonus edition in the summer of 2021 before running our first online and in-person event in September 2021.
2021's event was our first multi-day conference
We stretched out from one day of brightonSEO to two (with our fringe conferences and training workshop offering an optional third day).
We went international in 2023
We jumped across the pond to launch our first event in the US in San Diego.
brightonSEO prior to moving to the Brighton Centre
brightonSEO 01 - 19/02/2010 at The Quadrant Pub
brightonSEO 02 - 23/07/2010 at Community Base
brightonSEO 03 - 01/04/2011 at Sallis Benney
brightonSEO 04 - 09/09/2011 at the Corn Exchange
brightonSEO 05 - 13/04/2012 at the Brighton Dome Concert Hall – downstairs
brightonSEO 06 - 14/09/2012 at the Brighton Dome Concert Hall – both floors
brightonSEO 07 - 12/04/2013 at the Brighton Dome Multi-Venue
brightonSEO 08 - 13/09/2013 at the Brighton Dome Multi-Venue
brightonSEO 09 - 24/04/2014 at the Brighton Dome Multi-Venue
brightonSEO 10 - 12/09/2014 at the Brighton Dome Multi-Venue
brightonSEO 11 - 10/04/2015 at the Brighton Dome Multi-Venue
brightonSEO 12 - 18/09/2015 at the Brighton Dome Multi-Venue
brightonSEO 13 - 22/04/2016 at the Brighton Dome Multi-Venue
brightonSEO at the Brighton Centre & online
brightonSEO 14 - 02/09/2016 at the Brighton Centre
brightonSEO 15 - 07/04/2017 at the Brighton Centre
brightonSEO 16 - 15/09/2017 at the Brighton Centre
brightonSEO 17 - 27/04/2018 at the Brighton Centre
brightonSEO 18 - 28/09/2018 at the Brighton Centre
brightonSEO 19 - 12/04/2019 at the Brighton Centre
brightonSEO 20 - 13/09/2019 at the Brighton Centre
brightonSEO 21 - 01 & 02/10/2020 online
brightonSEO 22 - 25 & 26/03/2021 online
brightonSEO 23 - 22 & 23/07/2021 online
brightonSEO 24 - 09 & 10/09/2021 at the Brighton Centre then online
brightonSEO 25 - 07 & 08/04/2022 at the Brighton Centre then online
brightonSEO 26 - 06 & 07/10/2022 at the Brighton Centre then online
brightonSEO 27 - 20 & 21/04/2023 at the Brighton Centre then online
brightonSEO 28 - 14 & 15/09/2023 at the Brighton Centre